Corsair C70 Air Cooling Help?

[Kerse]

I've got a Corsair C70 so far and will be getting an i7 4770k, GTX 770 DCU2OC, Asus Maximus Vi Hero and various other parts, to cool the CPU I'm going to use a Corsair H100i, I already have two AF120 Performance Edition fans and the two stock fans that came with the case (which I will be replacing with better fans)

I'd just like to know which would be the best way to set up the fans in the system, i.e pushing or pulling out of certain sections, or if I should get SP series fans for the rad. There's 7 (I think) fan mounting sections on the case, but the two on the window will become redundant soon enough as I'm going to put a clear panel in there. Where would be best for mounting?

Thanks!
Kerse

 

[Feronix]

2x front intake, removing the top HDD cage. Getting a dust filter and running the rear as an intake and then set the H100i as an exhaust.

Removing the HDD cage will give your GPU enough air to cool itself.

You'll always want more intake than exhaust, this prevents dust from entering through ventilated, but non-filtered areas. If you have more exhaust than intake, it would pull the dust in.

Dont use AF fans on radiators. Those fans are made for airflow. On a rad or /full/ HDD cage, SP fans would be best.

If you mount your radiator+fans in pull, the rad will be much easier to clean

 

[Kerse]

Lovely! I'll get them ordered when I order most of the parts I'll definitely mount the rad in pull for that reason, not keen on messy / dusty equipment (which is why I've grown to hate my iMac and MacBook Pro.

As for fan control goes what would be the best way to control all the fans? In total I think I'll have 5 fans, 2 SP's and 3 AF's, and would the H100i be controlled by the MOBO?

 

[Feronix]

Casefans don't usually need to be controlled so I'd just run those straight off the molex on the power supply. You can also get 7 or 5 volt adaptors.

You can hook up the H100i to the PWM header on the mobo. This will make the fans spin faster once the CPU gets hotter. You can however also use the software to set the fan speeds I think.